Ready for Launch

12 responses to “Ready for Launch”

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   Dabbler

   Dec 20, 2005 at 2:31 am

   Sweeet! Would have loved to have been there for that roar! did it survive re-entry?

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2. 

   boring fact

   Dec 20, 2005 at 2:36 am

   wait, I’ve seen that arm somewhere before…:)

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3. 

   jurvetson

   Dec 20, 2005 at 2:38 am

   Sol1: hmmm…. It is a habitual gesture of a strange love…

   

   as for the launch, yes it did come back…. with a BIG parachute…. deployed by the on-board computer at just the right altitude on the way back down….

   Not every launch goes so well… it helps quicken the pulse….

   
   

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4. 

   Telstar Logistics

   Dec 20, 2005 at 2:46 am

   So, um, I take it this rocket wasn’t made by Estes?

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5. 

   eye of einstein

   Dec 20, 2005 at 4:35 am

   Wow.. what a candle !

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6. 

   angry shock

   Dec 20, 2005 at 5:57 am

   psss… I thought Steve was a tall guy… he has been cheating on us all this time!

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7. 

   angry shock

   Dec 20, 2005 at 5:58 am

   Hey, I know that arm too…

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8. 

   jurvetson

   Dec 20, 2005 at 6:54 am

   oh… my…. that takes a very different, but equally strange, body position… =)

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9. 

   angry shock

   Dec 21, 2005 at 1:43 am

   mais oui!

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10. 

    Nicolas Valentin

    May 19, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    You need a clear day for that!

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11. 

    Tilemahos Efthimiadis

    Nov 30, 2009 at 8:26 am

    http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4795963&tt=s

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12. 

    jurvetson

    Nov 30, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    oh, those remixes are a hoot. Thx.

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